Who will lead us? : the story of five Hasidic dynasties in America /
Heilman, Samuel C.,
Who will lead us? : the story of five Hasidic dynasties in America / Samuel Heilman. - 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Succession in contemporary Hasidism : who will lead us? -- Munkács : a Oedipal challenge -- Boyan and Kopyczynitz : running out of rebbes -- Bobov : a clash of families -- Satmar : succession charged with conflict -- ChaBaD Lubavitch : a rebbe who never dies -- Final thoughts.
"Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since its near decimation in the Holocaust and Soviet communism. These Hasidim, now settled primarily in North America and Israel have reversed the losses they suffered and rebuilt their communities. The once unimaginable is today routine. Hasidism is alive and growing. How? "Who Will Lead Us?" is the story of five contemporary Hasidic dynasties and how they have handled the delicate issue of leadership and succession. It explores two groups with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that claims there is no need for a successor, as they claim their leader never died"--Provided by publisher
In English.
9780520966482 0520966481
10.1525/9780520966482 doi
22573/ctt1n5px33 JSTOR 5A89C791-2CAD-4D7D-BBAF-146D13C134F7 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2016048638
Hasidism.
Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Hassidisme.
Leadership--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
Hasidism.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Hasidism
Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism
BM198.2 / .H43 2017
296.8/332
Who will lead us? : the story of five Hasidic dynasties in America / Samuel Heilman. - 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Succession in contemporary Hasidism : who will lead us? -- Munkács : a Oedipal challenge -- Boyan and Kopyczynitz : running out of rebbes -- Bobov : a clash of families -- Satmar : succession charged with conflict -- ChaBaD Lubavitch : a rebbe who never dies -- Final thoughts.
"Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since its near decimation in the Holocaust and Soviet communism. These Hasidim, now settled primarily in North America and Israel have reversed the losses they suffered and rebuilt their communities. The once unimaginable is today routine. Hasidism is alive and growing. How? "Who Will Lead Us?" is the story of five contemporary Hasidic dynasties and how they have handled the delicate issue of leadership and succession. It explores two groups with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that claims there is no need for a successor, as they claim their leader never died"--Provided by publisher
In English.
9780520966482 0520966481
10.1525/9780520966482 doi
22573/ctt1n5px33 JSTOR 5A89C791-2CAD-4D7D-BBAF-146D13C134F7 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2016048638
Hasidism.
Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Hassidisme.
Leadership--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
Hasidism.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Hasidism
Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism
BM198.2 / .H43 2017
296.8/332